SUSE SLES12 Security Update : opensc (SUSE-SU-2023:4065-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183014

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4065-1 advisory.

- Stack buffer overflow issues were found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in various places that could potentially crash programs using the library. (CVE-2021-42782)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected opensc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191957

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215761

http://www.nessus.org/u?0db310b5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42782

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40661

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183014

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4065-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2023

Updated: 12/22/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42782

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40661

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:opensc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42782, CVE-2023-40661

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4065-1